Phil Allaway

Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor. Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.

Last weekend, Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted its first-ever tripleheader weekend. It produced some very different races. Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube Sunday saw another butt kicking. Kevin Harvick is in the zone. His start to 2018 seems a lot like how he started 2014. You probably remember what …

For 2018, there has been a move away from factory efforts in Pirelli World Challenge. The best place to see where that effects the series are the raw car count numbers. Last year, the season opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg attracted 25 entries combined between the GT, GTA and …

Former Camping World Truck Series driver Rick Crawford, 59, is currently being held in Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Fla. without bail after being arrested on federal child enticement charges on Wednesday (Feb. 28). Crawford is charged under Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 2422(b), which deals with …

Nobody was faster at Las Vegas Motor Speedway than Kyle Larson on Friday in practice. Earlier in the day, Larson topped the charts in the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session. He followed that up being quickest in both XFINITY Series sessions. Larson topped the early session with a …

IMSA sent a technical bulletin to WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams Thursday (Mar. 1) announcing that they will mandate minimum times for refueling, effective immediately. Refueling for Prototypes will be a minimum of 30 seconds. GT Le Mans teams will have to adhere to a 34 second minimum, while GT Daytona …

Callaway Competition USA announced Thursday (Mar. 1) that they will only have one Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R for their Pirelli World Challenge debut next weekend in St. Petersburg, Fla. Callaway Competition USA originally announced in December that they would make their Pirelli World Challenge debut with two Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-Rs …

IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSC) regulars KohR Motorsports announced on Wednesday (Feb. 28) that they will field an entry in Pirelli World Challenge’s GTS class starting with the season opener at St. Petersburg. 16-year old Nate Stacy, pictured above roasting his tires at Daytona, will drive the No. 52 Ford …

NASCAR released the weekly penalty report from last weekend’s races at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Wednesday (Feb. 28). The most notable penalties handed down came in the Camping World Truck Series. Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 4 team had an untimely pit miscue on its final stop on Saturday, which resulted …

Atlanta Motor Speedway is in a tough spot on the schedule. As Bryan Gable noted Monday in Up to Speed, this race probably should be run a month from now. At the end of March, the weather is probably pretty nice in Georgia. February, in general, is a tough go …

For the final day of IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge testing at Sebring International Raceway, just one session was scheduled. After three hours of testing, Multimatic Motorsports’ Patrick Gallagher was fastest with a lap of 134.076 seconds (100.421 mph). Gallagher’s time was more than four-tenths of a second slower than …